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nonh-ca r^olina gazette vol 8 saturday n vember i 17^5 (#* 408j charlotte corde fered much at the c i,s of fome women cut lie that faves her country never minds what it colt v^ay peace be reflo redasfoonas i d.-fir ! there is now a great villain laid low without which we never fhould hate obtaineh it i enjoy peace for thefe txo days paft the happi neib ot my country conllitutes my own i do not doubt but they will to aient my fa ther who already fuffers but too much affl-.flion by o.i r 1 informed him lalrty by letter that be ing afraid of the fire of civil war i wou'd go ov-r to england ; my project then was to remain incog upon the death of marat , and i wanted to let the parifians vainly trace out my name i entreat citizen you and our colleagues to defend my pa rents if they are moiefted i never hated but one being and j have displayed my charader : thofe who regret me will re joice at finding me enjoy repofe in the ely fiun field brutus and fome ancients ; few are the true patriots who know how to die for their coantry ; they are moil of them egotifts i wo light-horfemen have been fet over me to keep me from the vapours i ou,-,d this very we|l by c : y but not by night i complained of this indecency : the commit tee thought proper to pay no regard to my complaints 1 believe this a fcheme of chahot's invention : doit but a capuchin can have fuck ideas adieu letii'r iei!r jed lo u irbaroax one of the pr cribed deputu r y i c convention at taen by charlotte corde the ajfajjm of ali citizen â€” 7*ou defired a narrative of my journey 3l and i pn-tll not pafs over the fmallell anecdote arrived at paris i went to jo 1 i the rn â– â– > â€¢- h r-x . mguftins in the 1 p : . . i r^en waited on du -~ ; â€¢ â€¢â€¢ . f .Â« ul i da nut know hour the com/nltte of general fafety could learn rhat [ had a conference with duperret you know the firmnefs of foul which the jatrer is pofleffed of : he anfwered the truth i confirmed his depofition by my own : there is nothing againll him ; but }. : ; fir nnefs is\i crime i own i was un der apprebenfioris i perfuaded him to go and join you bat he is too headstrong i refolved therefore upon the execution of niv project j fauchet could you believe it ?) v in prilon as my accomplice â€” he who did not know that 1 cxi:te-.l ; but they arc hardly contented that they have but an infignifi cant woman to lacrili e to the manes oi t!;e great m xn pardon yc men ! â€” that name di graces your refpeel ; it was a ferocious 1 eaft whidi was to confume the reft oi fripce wi^h the ire of civil war ivow long live peace ! thanks to heaven ! ho was n->t born a frenchman and rhofe are fcarce provided with the meft neceflary arms and ; ccoutrtments for doty ; that the whole cavalry in its environs are ecidedly againft the convention ; and n i we all the people very damoroufiy de r ind back their curates and are earneflly d firous that ihe lnglifti fhould make a def c nt among them in order that they may get rid of the jacobin yoke the bill lately parted in irnland f r ex cluding certain prifo'ners and p'ncemei frorn feats in the houfo of commons acates the feats of 6 members of thathcufe 1 he german army on the rhine bj ti e reenforcement which it received from mentz is now up aids of 120,000 itrong by a letter from tournay dated the 2.i inftant we are informed that he co.p miffionersof the convention at lifle havs left that city on their way to paris after having given orders to move off part of the heavy aitillcry and of the gnrriloa towards paris ; and they are further dripping the magazines oi that place this information has given rife to a report that lille had o fered to furrender â– extraft of a idler from amp>srdam } slu guft 1 " the dire&ors of the commerce oi the levant and of the navigation of the medi terranean have given no-.ice to the bodv of merchants that having confiderod the re queli prefentedby the nierchants proprie tors and thofe concerned in the liij)s tiiic trade to the refpecfclve ports oi england portugal spain italy the guiph of ve nice and the levant cpmprifin smvnn the states general in virtue of their refb lution of the 2dof ju'y have granted the taking off the embargo v/ith regard to the convoys for thofe parts his highnei , as adroiral-geueral is uc^fned to cauic the petitioners to enjoy the effect of the refolu tion a!fo taken by their high ivigliiucu'cs the 22d ulf as far as the naval force will permir in the lad place in conformity to the declaration of his britannic majefty the dutch merch ntmen may navigate um'tr the efcort of englifh flvps of war the states-general repeat their refolution of the 1 6th of february laft with refpect to the prohibition of all navigation with ths ports of france ; as alfo their latter ore'ers of the 26th of march blr with regard to contraband tr.iitic four members of the national conven tion frere at my firft interrogatory cha bot looked like a madman legendre fuf pcctcj to have feen me at his houlc in the morning : i never thought of this man : i be'ieve his efources are not great enough ior l.im to become lhe tyrant of his coun try j antl ! did nof prefume to puriih every hu j ai tiiote whotaw me for the firit time pretended to have known me long a Â£Â°* i believe the laft words of marat have been printed but truit me he uttered none charloti e corde letter zf churl j i r i jrcle lulclrcffed to her fa ther dated m ihs prifon q/'cordcrfcric f ] f o w july to 1793 my refpeae father peace is rour to reign in my country j marat is no more ] va comforted and bury me in eternal oblivion 1 n (<â– > he judged to-morrow the ; th fevcii o'clock in the morning i have lived lonnr enough as i have atchieved t great exploit i put vou under the protection of iiarbaroux and his colleagues in cife you lhould be nioieded let my relatives fiud my hom.^c here ; and ren\eniber each and all of you that crime begets difgracc aaa not the fcaf fold but thefe are the laft words he addrefied to n:e after 1 had given him all your names befides ihofe of the adminiltratcrs of calvados who are at evreux â€” he told me toconfole me thi c ina few days lie would have you Â«>.]! guillotined at i'.uis thefe latter words decided his fate jf:!.e departm nt lays up his carc.rfc facing that of st fargi au it may have thofe words engraved in golden letters ' i fli il give you no particulars refpeÂ£ting this great e vent '-, the new fpapeis will fpeak of it i ( â€¢--. rij th t what it:l"!''c e completely was t e courage w ith which our volunteeers en lifted on sunday ju y ytb you remem ber how i was charmed ; and i promifed myfclf fteadily to make petion repent the fufj icions he manifefted refpe&ing my fen timents <: would you be forry if they ere not to depart hence r faid he in hort i confidered that fo many brave men coming to paris ro feek the head of one tingle man might have milled him or lhat ills death might have entailed deftruÂ£h on upon many good citizens : he was not worthy oflb much honor ; the hands of a woman were quite fufhcieni for the bufi nefs i confefs that i was obliged to have recourfe to a treacherous artifice in order to gain admittance to him i intended when i let caen to have facrificed him on the fummit of the mountain of the conven tion ; he went no more to the convention at paris they do not conceive how one ufelefs woman whofe longed life would he of no iv ill can factifice it in cold blood to fave her country i really expected to die at the very inftant men of courage ani really above all praife refcued me from the turv ci thofe whom i had made wretch ed as 1 was really in cold blocd i fuf charlotte corde ' l o n d o n auguft s it was yefterd y fettled before the king in council th r th parliament which lands prorogued to {!â– â– 3th inftant be on that day further proro ued for u ny days a letter fr m conitanrinople dated june 28 fays ai the attempts of the party have failed m :;. forches oiily rcfides hers as a merchant on i : ; firit arrive the porte forbade any of the interpreters to vifit or receive any vififs from hii-.i in fine the repeated defeats fullered by his n.rion in tlie courfe of the la!t fix months have de termined the divan to follow the example of other courts it is fuppefed that the arrival of the combined heecs in the medi terranean has not a little contributed to this reiolution on tliepart of the sultan the lateit accounts froin the co.ift of brittany allure us that the french tfeer which lately failed from ureft confifts of no more tlian fifteen line of battle fliips and five trigates â€¢, and their only object is to protect the coafts of france without ha zarding if poffible an engagement with the britiih ileet rfugvji o 1 he french army have quit ted their boafted pofition iu the camp of ccefar which they occupied on leaving fa mars and have retreated behind cambrav refpecling that city it baa been reported at tournay that a deputation have been ac ru miy fent to the prince of cobourg re quefling him not to advance hoililely as it was propofed to open the gates aud receive the allie3on t':e molt amicable terms it is mentioned with confidence that his royal highnefs the duke of yorh will be appointed on h s return home to the long vacant poit of commander in chief of the army a gentleman who left calais on tuef day morning in a danifli ii i arrived in town on wednefday by whom we are in formed that the departmental r.rmy from the fouthern provinces of fiance are on their march towards pnris in cnierto pre vent the federation taking place on the ioth inftant and that the pari&ans were prepar ing to meet them a letter was received on tuekiay by a tefpcctab'e hours in the city which f?.ys they had advice there that the heavy artil lery was removing from tend for the purnofe of attacking dunkirk dunkirk of which the fiege will fpecdi ly be formed was once a place of great flrength having been fortified by vauban immediately alter the fa'e of it by charles the sec ond to the french by the peace the natns of the commander of the french fleet is legal he is an officer of courage and experience of his profeifion he was uttrein's captain during the laft war in the eaft-indies it is pofitivcly aflerted that orders have been given to form a camp of 30,000 men near lrefl but that as yet no more than 6000 national guards are aftembled there

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nonh-ca r^olina gazette vol 8 saturday n vember i 17^5 (#* 408j charlotte corde fered much at the c i,s of fome women cut lie that faves her country never minds what it colt v^ay peace be reflo redasfoonas i d.-fir ! there is now a great villain laid low without which we never fhould hate obtaineh it i enjoy peace for thefe txo days paft the happi neib ot my country conllitutes my own i do not doubt but they will to aient my fa ther who already fuffers but too much affl-.flion by o.i r 1 informed him lalrty by letter that be ing afraid of the fire of civil war i wou'd go ov-r to england ; my project then was to remain incog upon the death of marat , and i wanted to let the parifians vainly trace out my name i entreat citizen you and our colleagues to defend my pa rents if they are moiefted i never hated but one being and j have displayed my charader : thofe who regret me will re joice at finding me enjoy repofe in the ely fiun field brutus and fome ancients ; few are the true patriots who know how to die for their coantry ; they are moil of them egotifts i wo light-horfemen have been fet over me to keep me from the vapours i ou,-,d this very we|l by c : y but not by night i complained of this indecency : the commit tee thought proper to pay no regard to my complaints 1 believe this a fcheme of chahot's invention : doit but a capuchin can have fuck ideas adieu letii'r iei!r jed lo u irbaroax one of the pr cribed deputu r y i c convention at taen by charlotte corde the ajfajjm of ali citizen â€” 7*ou defired a narrative of my journey 3l and i pn-tll not pafs over the fmallell anecdote arrived at paris i went to jo 1 i the rn â– â– > â€¢- h r-x . mguftins in the 1 p : . . i r^en waited on du -~ ; â€¢ â€¢â€¢ . f .Â« ul i da nut know hour the com/nltte of general fafety could learn rhat [ had a conference with duperret you know the firmnefs of foul which the jatrer is pofleffed of : he anfwered the truth i confirmed his depofition by my own : there is nothing againll him ; but }. : ; fir nnefs is\i crime i own i was un der apprebenfioris i perfuaded him to go and join you bat he is too headstrong i refolved therefore upon the execution of niv project j fauchet could you believe it ?) v in prilon as my accomplice â€” he who did not know that 1 cxi:te-.l ; but they arc hardly contented that they have but an infignifi cant woman to lacrili e to the manes oi t!;e great m xn pardon yc men ! â€” that name di graces your refpeel ; it was a ferocious 1 eaft whidi was to confume the reft oi fripce wi^h the ire of civil war ivow long live peace ! thanks to heaven ! ho was n->t born a frenchman and rhofe are fcarce provided with the meft neceflary arms and ; ccoutrtments for doty ; that the whole cavalry in its environs are ecidedly againft the convention ; and n i we all the people very damoroufiy de r ind back their curates and are earneflly d firous that ihe lnglifti fhould make a def c nt among them in order that they may get rid of the jacobin yoke the bill lately parted in irnland f r ex cluding certain prifo'ners and p'ncemei frorn feats in the houfo of commons acates the feats of 6 members of thathcufe 1 he german army on the rhine bj ti e reenforcement which it received from mentz is now up aids of 120,000 itrong by a letter from tournay dated the 2.i inftant we are informed that he co.p miffionersof the convention at lifle havs left that city on their way to paris after having given orders to move off part of the heavy aitillcry and of the gnrriloa towards paris ; and they are further dripping the magazines oi that place this information has given rife to a report that lille had o fered to furrender â– extraft of a idler from amp>srdam } slu guft 1 " the dire&ors of the commerce oi the levant and of the navigation of the medi terranean have given no-.ice to the bodv of merchants that having confiderod the re queli prefentedby the nierchants proprie tors and thofe concerned in the liij)s tiiic trade to the refpecfclve ports oi england portugal spain italy the guiph of ve nice and the levant cpmprifin smvnn the states general in virtue of their refb lution of the 2dof ju'y have granted the taking off the embargo v/ith regard to the convoys for thofe parts his highnei , as adroiral-geueral is uc^fned to cauic the petitioners to enjoy the effect of the refolu tion a!fo taken by their high ivigliiucu'cs the 22d ulf as far as the naval force will permir in the lad place in conformity to the declaration of his britannic majefty the dutch merch ntmen may navigate um'tr the efcort of englifh flvps of war the states-general repeat their refolution of the 1 6th of february laft with refpect to the prohibition of all navigation with ths ports of france ; as alfo their latter ore'ers of the 26th of march blr with regard to contraband tr.iitic four members of the national conven tion frere at my firft interrogatory cha bot looked like a madman legendre fuf pcctcj to have feen me at his houlc in the morning : i never thought of this man : i be'ieve his efources are not great enough ior l.im to become lhe tyrant of his coun try j antl ! did nof prefume to puriih every hu j ai tiiote whotaw me for the firit time pretended to have known me long a Â£Â°* i believe the laft words of marat have been printed but truit me he uttered none charloti e corde letter zf churl j i r i jrcle lulclrcffed to her fa ther dated m ihs prifon q/'cordcrfcric f ] f o w july to 1793 my refpeae father peace is rour to reign in my country j marat is no more ] va comforted and bury me in eternal oblivion 1 n ( he judged to-morrow the ; th fevcii o'clock in the morning i have lived lonnr enough as i have atchieved t great exploit i put vou under the protection of iiarbaroux and his colleagues in cife you lhould be nioieded let my relatives fiud my hom.^c here ; and ren\eniber each and all of you that crime begets difgracc aaa not the fcaf fold but thefe are the laft words he addrefied to n:e after 1 had given him all your names befides ihofe of the adminiltratcrs of calvados who are at evreux â€” he told me toconfole me thi c ina few days lie would have you Â«>.]! guillotined at i'.uis thefe latter words decided his fate jf:!.e departm nt lays up his carc.rfc facing that of st fargi au it may have thofe words engraved in golden letters ' i fli il give you no particulars refpeÂ£ting this great e vent '-, the new fpapeis will fpeak of it i ( â€¢--. rij th t what it:l"!''c e completely was t e courage w ith which our volunteeers en lifted on sunday ju y ytb you remem ber how i was charmed ; and i promifed myfclf fteadily to make petion repent the fufj icions he manifefted refpe&ing my fen timents